by Joe Katzman | Nov 3, 2013 | Americas - Other, Brazil, Contracts - Awards, Domestic Security, Fighters & Attack, Other Corporation, Scandals & Investigations, Specialty Aircraft, USA
EMB-314, FAD concept(click to view full) Brazil’s EMB-314/ A-29 Super Tucano continues to be the aircraft of choice for Latin American air forces who want to conduct drug interdiction and counterinsurgency missions. Their modern trainer/ counterinsurgency...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 3, 2013 | Alliances, C4ISR, China, Contracts - Intent, Events, Issues - International, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, Legal, Northrop-Grumman, South Korea, UAVs, USA
Global Hawk Cutaway(click to view full) The RQ-4 Global Hawks isn’t a full successor to the famous U-2 spy plane just yet. It’s close, however, and some people have described the HALE (High Altitude, Long Endurance) UAV as the equivalent of having a photo...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 31, 2013 | Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Other Corporation, Security & Secrecy, USA
Ricoh MFC(click to view full) Treat, or trick? Both, it seems. The key question is whether the machines are color – and whether they contain a widespread anti-feature that few people know about. At the end of October 2013, Army Contracting Command in Fort...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 30, 2013 | Israel, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, RAFAEL, USA
Breaking into the American defense market can be lucrative, but it can be scary for firms based outside the USA. At AUSA 2013, DID Editor Joe Katzman sat down with RAFAEL’s consultant Lt. Gen. William H. Forster, PhD (ret.), and other RAFAEL personnel, to...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 30, 2013 | BAE, Contracts - Intent, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Precision Attack, Signals Radio & Wireless, Singapore
USMC HIMARS(click to view full) On Sept 12/07, the US DSCA announced Singapore’s formal export request for M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) rocket launchers, designed to give Singapore’s forces long-range precision attack artillery...
